List of English words of Polish origin
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This is a list of words used in the English language that were borrowed or derived from the Polish language.
- babka
- a kind of cake
- intelligentsia
- came into English via Russian language, where it came from Polish language, originally from the Latin word intelligentia
- kasha
- Buckwheat groats, Russian for "porridge"
- kielbasa
- kind of sausage
- mazurka
- kind of dance
- pirogi
- also Polish pierogi, (plural) dumplings or pies.
- pirozhki
- (piroshki) small pirogi
- Polka
- Actually a Czech dance
- rendzinas
- a type of soil
- Sejm
- a Polish Diet or parliament
- spruce
- kind of wood, from the Polish z prus ("from Prussia"), because spruce was exported via Royal Prussia as the material for English ships
- szlachta
- Polish nobility
- vodka
- alcoholic drink
See also
- Lists of English words of international origin
- The category of words with Polish derivations at Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sibling project